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Hannes Jeschka Wins Rollercoaster GGMillion$ to Round Out the Year – GGMillion$ Season 2025 Episode 46

This week’s GGMillion$ showdown was the last of the year and provided plenty of thrills along the way as Hannes Jeschka eventually won the four-hour epic on GGPoker. The overnight chip leader, Teun Mulder, was one of two dominant Dutch chipstacks that plummeted from greatness to early exits as the largely unknown Brazilian player SlingShot threatened a surprise victory. Ultimately, the German player Hannes Jeschka defied the odds one last time and overcame a significant chip deficit, 8:1 at one point, to secure the victory.

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Pre-Match Betting Odds

Jeff Gross was joined in the virtual commentary hotseat this week by a player who shot to fame just days ago at the WSOP Paradise festival. Natasha Mercier has previously been best known as the fairer half of a poker power couple alongside her WSOP bracelet-winning superstar husband, Jason. But after this month in The Bahamas, where she won millions of dollars in the WSOP Super Main Event, Natasha brought the event to life and finished sixth for $1.8 million.

Heading into the GGMillion$ final table, Dutch player Teun Mulder started with 108 big blinds and as a result was only available at odds of 3.5 in the GGPoker client. A hot favorite, he was a great bet to win, but so too was the second in chips Andras Nemeth, the Hungarian, having 66 big blinds at odds of 4.98. German player Hannes Jeschka sat some way back on 46 big blinds at odds of 9.76, and was followed by our pick for the win, Mr. Consistent himself, Duco Haven (7.36) on 42 big blinds at yet another recent final table. 

Other players in the running for the massive top prize of over $400,000 included Bruno Botteon from Brazil, the South American having a very playable stack of 41 bigs at generous odds of 10.64. Swedish player Sven Andersson (34BB/10.72), Finland’s ‘KarmaWillGetYou’ (33BB/10.52), and Brazilian ‘SlingShot’ (24BB/14.3) were all clear of ‘NoCashBack’ from the United Arab Emirates, who began with just 20 big blinds, a long shot at 20.74.

Key Moments from the Felt

The action got going with Sven Andersson busting in ninth place for $57,203 (1:30:30). All-in with ace-king, he fell to Nemeth’s ace-three of diamonds when a board of 9-2-3-5-5 fell to reduce the field to eight at the Swede’s expense. Soon, only seven remained as the bust-outs started to come. 

Amazingly, the overnight chip leader, Teun Mulder, was the victim of an awful attempt at going wire-to-wire. The Dutchman had appeared to lose as many pots as he played in, and soon, his 108 big blind stack was a short one of just 16 big blinds. All-in with ace-eight, he ran into ‘KarmaWillGetYou’ holding ace-king. There was not to be a Nemeth-style reprieve for the former leader; an ace on the flop and king on the turn meant the Netherlands professional was drawing dead to the river on his way to collecting $72,955 in eighth place. 

An incredible hand saw Duco Haven bust in seventh place for $93,045 (2:42:00). As is so often the place, the in-client GTO Wizard facility helped fans decode the strategy and odds behind each player’s moves. Haven was all-in with a 70% chance of winning the hand with pocket sevens on a board with two spades showing K-7-3-T. SlingShot was the caller with eight-nine of spades and with so many outs to find, the six of hearts was somehow the most painful looking one to land, giving the Brazilian player a winning straight.

One South American lost to another in sixth as Bruno Botteon – the most experienced Brazilian at the felt – caught one from the ever-accurate ‘SlingShot’. Indeed, the latter was able to hit, their queen-jack finding a queen on the turn against Botteon, who committed their stack with ace-seven on the river. ‘Slingshot’ found the call as Botteon busted for $118,667.

An exit for U.A.E. player ‘NoCashBack’ in fifth for $151,346 still represented a great return for the player who started the nine-handed final table as short stack. The four remaining stacks were even enough to last over an hour without any departures. Eventually, the Finnish player was ousted for $193,022 in fourth place, a short stack justifying a call with nine-four as two live cards lost to the ace-ten of ‘SlingShot’. 

The Brazilian had leapt to into the chip lead, which from a starting position of eighth in the counts was an incredible achievement. It was Nemeth who busted in third place for $246,175, his queen-ten of clubs flopping a gutshot and flush draw, only to fail to hit against the ace-eight of ‘SlingShot’, which held to send play heads-up (3:52:30). 

In the final duel, SlingShot started with a 4:1 lead and built it to better than 12:1, but a stunning call with just fourth pair for his entire stack put Hannes Jeschka back in the game. He followed that hero call double-up with a coinflip win to double into the lead, ace-queen beating pocket sixes when a king on the river counterfeited ‘SlingShot’ one card from the win. From there, the German dominated, eventually walking into the dream situation in the final hand, as ‘SlingShot’ shoved with pocket queens and Jeschka had the simplest of calls with pocket aces. A clean board ran out, and Jeschka had done it, winning a stunning comeback victory to capture $400k and the last GGMillion$ title of 2025!

This Week’s GGMillion$ Results – December 30th, 2025

It was a roller coaster ride in the final GGMillion$ of the year, as a final table that started with Teun Mulder in charge saw the would-be Dutch master join Duco Haven in leaving the New Year’s Eve ‘Eve’ party early. To say no one saw German player Hannes Jeschka winning would be wrong; third in chips was only the fourth favorite but had been backed by many shrewd observers at 9.76 in the GGPoker client.

After a topsy-turvy table ended the last GGMillion$ of 2025 in stunning style, here are the results from the finale: 

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Hannes Jeschka	Germany	$400,423
2nd	‘SlingShot’	Brazil	$313,965
3rd	Andras Nemeth	Hungary	$246,175
4th	‘KarmaWillGetYou’	Finland	$193,022
5th	‘NoCashBack’	United Arab Emirates	$151,346
6th	Bruno Botteon	Brazil	$118,667
7th	Duco Haven	Netherlands	$93,045
8th	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	$72,955
9th	Sven Andersson	Sweden	$57,203

From Zero to Hero

Time and time again at this week’s GGMillion$ final table, players in dominant positions failed to capitalize on their positions in the pecking order. Conversely, those with short stacks used their minimal equity to play fearless poker and consistently upset the odds, rising through the ranks. 

It started with the first exit as Sven Andersson busted with the dominant hand, but while the overnight leader, Teun Mulder, and his fellow Dutch player Duco Haven busted early, could ‘SlingShot’s prominence have lasted through heads-up? There were undoubtedly better moments to bluff your opponent back into the event. Jeschka’s hero call with fourth pair was superstar quality shining through, but it seemed a risk too far given what transpired in its wake.

In the end, Jeshka’s experience, coupled with a few fortuitous moments, such as the coinflip win and his hero call, earned the German $400,423 up top, with ‘SlingShot’s heroics still claiming an impressive return of $313,965.

Watch all the action in the company of Jeff Gross and Natasha Mercier right here on GGPoker’s YouTube channel:

 

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About the Author: Paul Seaton has written about poker for over 10 years, interviewing some of the best players ever to play the game such as Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth. Over the years, Paul has reported live from tournaments such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the European Poker Tour. He has also written for other poker brands where he was Head of Media, as well as BLUFF magazine, where he was Editor.

* The pre-game pick is the sole opinion of the author. It in no way reflects or affects the outcome of the final table.